Build your financial security with OBT Financial Group – Lockyer Valley Business of the Year recipients and specialist financial advisers to individuals, business owners and farming families on accounting, tax, business advice and wealth planning for over 40 years.The Australian Parliament decision to pass legislation to permit unlisted public companies to raise capital from the public from September 2017 is a great initiative for Australian Small Business owners aspiring to raise capital. The legislation will enable businesses that are currently Propriety Limited Companies… Read More >>
Archives for March 2017
Tax planning starts now, with OBT
There are 5 key things all taxpayers must consider right now. Some of them are brilliant wealth creation ideas. 30 June will be here before we know it. Let us help you get the most out of the upcoming months. Too often, we end up… Read More >>
6 tips for raising financially savvy kids
If you want your children to grow up making sensible financial decisions, it pays to start early. Guiding your children through the basics of saving, budgeting and spending from a young age will help them to develop good habits for life. 1. Start early Introduce… Read More >>
Resisting temptation
Why overcoming our worst human impulses can have great rewards. We have developed language, conquered gravity, and made the most of our opposable thumbs. What we’re not terribly good at, though, is overcoming our own worst impulses – particularly as investors. Are we wired for… Read More >>
Prepared for new superannuation changes?
In November 2016, the Federal Government passed into law super reforms that were first announced in May 2016’s Federal Budget. Importantly, these changes include reductions in the amount that can be contributed to superannuation, as outlined below: A lower pre-tax (concessional) contributions cap which includes… Read More >>
The new investment equation
Investors should be thinking of single digit gains on a well-diversified portfolio but changing the way they achieve it. The shifting fortunes for bond and share markets through 2016 rewarded those investors with a risk-orientated portfolio and once again highlighted the benefits of diversification. A… Read More >>
Australia: Fairer winds
The outlook is one of reducing headwinds and a stronger pace of economic growth over 2017. The drag from the decline in mining investment is diminishing, higher commodity prices should feed into rising levels of national income and increased trade, a continued strong pipeline of… Read More >>
2017 market outlook
Last year, 2016, will be remembered for its political upsets Namely Brexit, the rise of populism in Europe and the election of Donald Trump, but also the year that we stopped talking about deflation, yields on government bonds rose and investor spirits were reignited. Because… Read More >>
